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as in passed (down)
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as in informed
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This is not about right or left, MAGA or non-MAGA, but about basic human decency — the kind of decency so much of Jim Handy’s work was informed by.—
Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026 -
Oziel’s mistress, Judalon Smyth, learned about the confessions and informed the police.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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Police said there were no other injuries reported and no criminal charges were filed.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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The second man reported a five-day history of headaches, vomiting, light sensitivity, neck pain and confusion, according to the report.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Monthly members will be notified when their payment is processed.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 June 2026
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When the woman did not return for seven days, the person caring for the girl notified authorities.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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No cause of death has been immediately disclosed.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Ahead of this week’s record IPO, SpaceX disclosed that Google has agreed to pay it roughly $920 million a month for compute capacity at its Memphis campus, access to something on the order of 110,000 GPUs running into 2029.—
Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Vozinha’s dad spoke to Telemundo Deportes prior to the match and revealed that his son is named after a Brazilian soccer player.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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Aerial images revealed flames rapidly consuming multiple acres of land, with one section burning perilously close to a group of power lines.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The impacts of pumping take years, maybe decades to be fully manifested.—
Allen Best,
Denver Post,
14 June 2026
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For Cabrera, the main issue manifested in a lower arm angle.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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Church kept the press strategically apprised of his travel plans and his subsequent progress in the studio, ginning up excitement about forthcoming pictures.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Blogs run by traditional media organizations, such as ABC or The Washington Post, may utilize a live blog to keep the audience apprised of the facts of the event while a nontraditional news organization, such as Politico or Daily Kos, may focus more on real-time analysis of those facts.—
Jeremy Saks,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Cuthbert, who made her TV debut at 13, recently divulged the reason for her four-year absence.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
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The letter was handwritten and divulged information about a confidential, internal sheriff’s office investigation into one of the maintenance workers.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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“Handed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed%20down. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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